Warehouse Coordinator

Position Summary :

The Warehouse Coordinator role offers an administrative support to the warehouse operations of a dedicated McDonald's distributorship with responsibility for planning / scheduling of manpower and equipment of the hourly workforce while nurturing an environment that maximizes employee safety, involvement and morale.

Within the scope of his / her responsibility, the warehouse coordinator ensures safety is a number one priority through effective daily communications and action plan execution with employees while advocating injury / collision risk management and incident avoidance.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to :

• Plan daily and weekly workforce
• Conduct daily shift meetings, communicating appropriate safety and operational messages, taking suggestions and answering questions
• Assign daily work duties to warehouse workers
• Manage work flows efficiently, meeting the requirements of our Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Maintain Vocollect, and WMS
• Ensure the employees’ productivity and products and equipment’s reliability follows all standards
• Follow all SOPs and train employees, as necessary
• Maintain production schedules and other pertinent information
• Communicate accross Warehouse and Transportation departments regarding possible issues impacting our customer or one-another
• Show leadership by promoting teamwork and by having a positive attitude
• Follow industry, company and sanitation standards, including making sure physical plant and transportation equipment is free from hazards and meets legislated requirements
• Follow all Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and Good Warehouse Practices (GWP)
• Other projects or duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience :

• University or collegial degree in business, engineering, logistics or related field
• Ideally shall have three to five years’ experience in high-volume, food service, unionized distribution, or logistics
• Strong computer software (i.e., MS Office) skills required
• Leadership required
• Integrative thinker and excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong work ethic, ability to multi-task in a high pressure
• Attention to detail, organization skills
• High initiative, self-motivation
• Strong, interactive team player
• Excellent time management skills, ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to produce accurate and timely reports
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)
• This position must pass a post-offer background check

Physical Demands and Work Environment :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions.

Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.